All things STARLINK

Large flat box arrived. Found a place to temporarily set it up ( they tell me that people my age shouldn't climb ladders.... ), plugged it in and did my best Mr Bean impersonation running around with my phone looking for dots.Got it aligned, after arguing with it... "I had to point Foxtel North to Optus B!" Starlink points South... well, up really, but South Up. All good, Getting consistently double the speed, for $30 less. Efficient, this mob. Especially the billing department. No sooner had I got the thing connected to the heavens than an email arrived with my first bill.... But I think I'm going to like it. And I'll get a mini for when ( if ) I go bush.

So big news - the starlink standby mode no longer works in motion. So people with it on cars using it to make calls are out of luck. You'll need to step up to the roam plans. It can still be used while stationary though.

Roam is limited to 100mph so should be fine in the defender.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Roam is limited to 100mph so should be fine in the defender.

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Damn. No use on the OKA then.......

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Originally Posted by Tins

Damn. No use on the OKA then.......

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Do you have intentions of doing some off cliff driving? [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Do you have intentions of doing some off cliff driving? [biggrin]

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North Head wouldn't be high enough. Maybe a C-17 Globemaster III.

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Originally Posted by Tins

North Head wouldn't be high enough. Maybe a C-17 Globemaster III.

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So there is uproar in the aviation community.. heaps of private pilots were mounting starlinks in the back window and using roam plans to get all their weather and stuff while flying. Very handy I would think.

But the 160mph thing means it's not really very useful for most and they have introduced aviation plans which are quite a lot more expensive and vary by speed. For most private pilots the $250 a month is probably a bit steep.

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Starlink Aviation Service Plans[COLOR=var(--attr-link-color)]
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• Aviation 300MPH ($250/month): Designed for aircraft speeds up to 300 mph (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/image/gif...EAAAICRAEAOw==482km/h
  482km/h
  ). Includes 20GB of data, with 10GB/GB overage options. Coverage includes land and within 12 nautical miles of the coast.
• Aviation 450MPH ($1,000/month): Designed for faster aircraft, up to 450 mph (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/image/gif...EAAAICRAEAOw==724km/h
  724km/h
  ). Includes 20GB of data, https://www.aulro.com/afvb/image/gif...EAAAICRAEAOw==50/GB
  50/GB
  overage, and extends coverage to include ocean/global, not just coastal.
• Business Aviation Plans ($2,000+ /month): Higher-tier, unlimited, or higher-data plans for corporate jets with global coverage.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Damn. No use on the OKA then.......

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Do they differentiate between horizontal and vertical speed velocity?

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Originally Posted by BradC

Do they differentiate between horizontal and vertical speed velocity?

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Good point. It would be horizontal speed I reckon. If you could find a big enough cliff you could blog till the end.